On 13 November, Latvia’s parliament, the Saeima, approved the final reading amendments to the State Pensions Law. These amendments provide for increasing minimal retirement pension amounts in 2020. Amendments provide for using a new calculation base set by the government to calculate minimal pensions. In general cases it will be €80. For people suffering from disabilities since childhood this amount will be €122.69.
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